No. 21-5900
IFP
Tags: 8th-amendment capital-case constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing due-process eighth-amendment prior-offense resentencing sentencing victim-impact victim-impact-evidence
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment
DueProcess Punishment
Latest Conference:
2021-12-10
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Eighth Amendment permits a State to present victim-impact evidence arising from a crime other than the murder for which the defendant is being sentenced
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether the Eighth Amendment permits a State to present victim-impact evidence arising from a crime other than the murder for which the defendant is being sentenced. 2. Whether in this case the admission of victim-impact evidence from a prior offense was so excessive as to violate due process. i PARTIES The caption contains the names of all parties. ii
Docket Entries
2021-12-13
Petition DENIED.
2021-11-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/10/2021.
2021-11-19
Reply of petitioner Justin Anderson filed.
2021-11-04
Brief of respondent Arkansas in opposition filed.
2021-10-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 4, 2021)
Attorneys
Justin Anderson
John Charles Williams — Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
State of Arkansas
Nicholas Jacob Bronni — Solicitor General of Arkansas, Respondent